Dr. Ammar Alzarrad

Assistant Professor - Department of Civil Engineering
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WAEC 2209
304- 696-5705
alzarrad@marshall.edu

Biography

Dr. Alzarrad is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Marshall University. He graduated with dual bachelor’s degrees in Civil Engineering and Business Administration from the University of South Alabama. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from The University of Alabama. Before assuming his current position, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Construction at Bradley University. Prior to joining academia, Dr. Alzarrad was a Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) manager at an engineering design firm in Chicago, where he managed multi-million projects (i.e., Wrigley Field restoration and expansion project). Dr. Alzarrad is a PMP©, and he is the Director of The Engineering Management Graduate Program at Marshall University.

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, The University of Alabama, 2018
M.S., Civil Engineering, The University of Alabama, 2014
B.S., Civil Engineering, University of South Alabama, 2013
B.S., Business Administration, University of South Alabama, 2013
Project Management Professional (PMP), Certification No. 2799126 (To verify click here)
Procore Certified: Project Management (To verify click here)
Procore Certified: Quality and Safety Management (To verify click here)
Procore Certified: Resources Management (To verify click here)
Procore Certified: Financial Management (To verify click here)
OSHA 10-hour Construction Safety and Health, Certification No. 17-004771639
Virtual Design and Construction Manager, Construction-CAD Solutions Inc., Willowbrook, IL (2018-2019)
Project Management, Operations Management, Engineering Economics, Advanced Scheduling and Cost Estimating, Sustainability and Green Buildings, Lean Construction and TQM, Building Information Modeling (BIM).
Research goal is to advance automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in the construction industry.
Member of The American Concrete Institute (ACI)
Member of The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)
Member of The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)
Member of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Member of The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
Member of The Civil Engineering Honor Society “Chi Epsilon”
Member of The Engineering Honor Society “Tau Beta Pi”
Member of The Business Administration Honor Society “Beta Gama Sigma”
Member of the Ph.D. Steering Committee, Marshall University, 2020-Present
Chair of the CEC Innovations and Discovery Committee, Bradley University, 2019-2020
Member of the Engineering & Business Convergence Committee, Bradley University, 2019-2020